Winners of the $500 Grant from The City of Aspen:
The following attendees have profiled how their resort, community, business or organization is taking action to stop global warming... (in alphabetical order)

Alta Ski Area is dedicated to sustainable environmental practices – learning from the past, being guided by best-management practices now, and leading with innovation and research in the future.  Click here to download the pdf and read more.

The Brendle Group Inc. is an engineering services company specializing in business sustainability. For the Brendle Group, sustainability is BOTH the business we do and HOW we do business. As the first climate neutral company in Colorado, we hope to set the standard for other engineering, design, and consulting firms working to promote sustainability among their clients. “The Brendle Group has pushed the envelope in all aspects of their business, being first to practice sustainability in Colorado on many fronts even before the word sustainability had gained any level of acceptance.” --Ellen Drew, Regional Environmental Manager, Rural Community Assistance Corporation (long-time Colorado environmental leader and founder of the Strategic Environmental Project Pipeline [StEPP]Foundation).  Click here to download the pdf and read more.

Chaco Sandals (believes that) to run our business in a sustainable way, we recognize that without people, and without the earth’s abundant, yet finite resources, profits are not possible. While many businesses focus only on profits, Chaco has decided to measure our success using the Triple Bottom Line (TBL) approach: focusing on Profits, People, and Planet. We see these as three stepping-stones to sustainability: Click here to download the pdf and read more.

While City of Boulder’s impact may not be significant in the global scheme, the power of communities acting collectively across the country is significant. Boulder Mayor Mark Ruzzin recently joined 275 other mayors in the US Mayor’s Climate Protection Agreement, which together represents over 48 million Americans. The city of Boulder’s adoption of the Kyoto Protocol goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions translates to a 24% reduction below current levels for Boulder. This is no small order, but city staff is confident that Boulder can meet and even exceed this goal.  Click here to download the pdf and read more.

In 2005, environmental sustainability became a major focus for the Frisco community and town leaders. More specifically, with Frisco’s economy closely tied to ski tourism, with severe bark beetle problems plaguing surrounding forests, and with limited water resources, we recognized that climate change is a problem that needs to be addressed now. As such, a new direction was incorporated to the town’s comprehensive visioning plan: to take action through implementation of strategies that address climate change and environmental sustainability.  Click here to download the pdf and read more.

High Country Conservation Center (HC3) recognized early on that these two hurdles were present in the struggle to address climate change, particularly as the organization navigated the often
tumultuous waters of local politics. We realized we both had to fight the denial that climate change
even existed and fight the apathy caused by the overwhelming enormity of the issue.
Our strategy was to develop programs, projects and events that worked on the issue from the
ground up.  Click here to download the pdf and read more.

Natural Capitalism Solutions is creating the Climate Protection Manual for Cities, aimed at U.S. cities committed to reducing their greenhouse gas emissions. The goal of the manual is to provide the tools and resources cities need to meet their greenhouse gas reduction goals.  Click here to download the pdf and read more.

Fourteen years ago Jeff Lebesch and Kim Jordan put their dream of brewing beer into action. No small feat by any standard even when it was considered a small basement operation. Jeff and Kim’s intention to produce fine Belgian style ales has been a great success. From basement conception to the current facility that produces upward of 325,000 barrels of beer, New Belgium has never lost focus of the commitment to environmental stewardship, as stated in our Core Values and Beliefs: minimizing
resource consumption, maximizing energy efficiency and recycling.  Click here to download the pdf and read more.

Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort recognizes its responsibility to efficiently use resources. The Resort's commitment to reducing energy consumption also brings economic advantages while promoting a healthier atmosphere. Providing a cleaner, safer and healthier environment for our guests and employees is a welcome component to using less resources and preserving the environment.  Click here to download the pdf and read more.